Good morning, everyone! I'm so excited to bring you this card today. Just look what you can do with those beautiful Ribbon Rosettes that come in the Occasions Mini Catalog! You can DYE them any color of the rainbow! It's quick and easy and oh, so beautiful!
Today's card is one I created for this week's Utah Divas International Color Challenge. The colors are Baja Breeze, Always Artichoke, Basic Gray and Very Vanilla. Click HERE to view the other Design Team cards and to enter your card in this week's challenge!
Now, on to those Ribbon Rosettes! To dye your flowers, simply put a tiny bit of water in a plastic container and add a few drops of Stampin' Up! reinker in your choice of colors. The more color you add, the deeper the shade of your finished rosettes.
The Rosettes are originally Very Vanilla so they take the color really well. I used tweezers to swirl mine around in the colored water. I suppose that if you leave them in the water longer, they will be an ever richer, darker shade of the color that you're hoping to make them.
Once you're satisfied with the color and they are completely coated, lift them out and place them on a paper towel. Let them dry overnight and they are ready to pop on any card, scrapbook page or 3-D item as a beautiful, and colorful, embellishment. I used Crystal Effects to attach mine to today's card -- those babies aren't going anywhere -- they are secure!
The stamp set for this card is Just Believe (one of my all-time favorites). Other supplies and embellishments used include the Big Shot and the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals. 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon in Baja Breeze, the Scallop Border Punch and the Extra Large Decorative Label Punch. I stamped out my sentiment on a scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock, punched it out and then attached it to another scrap of Always Artichoke cardstock. Using my Paper Snips, I very carefully trimmed around the punched shape, making a slightly larger mat of the Always Artichoke cardstock underneath! I then added one additional tiny rosette to the corner of the tag.
I do hope you've enjoyed today's card and quick and easy tutorial on how to Dye the ribbon rosettes! I know I will be using this a lot -- be on the lookout for rosettes in a rainbow of colors!
Just a reminder -- today is the final day of the GREAT SNAIL SALE. You have until midnight to e-mail me with your SNAIL refill order. Click HERE for more information on the original post about this event. The price is now down to $3.30 per refill and may very well go even lower as more SNAIL refills are ordered throughout today! Help me see how low the price will go -- the more we order, the lower the price!
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you've enjoyed your visit and I do hope you'll be back soon for more ideas and inspiration! Until then ...
I love the little rosettes. I was going to look into doing that this past weekend too for my downline meeting demo but ran out of time. I'll have to do that for my classes this month or next. thanks Gretchen!
Monika
Posted by: Monika Davis | March 15, 2011 at 10:11 AM
gretchen your card is beautiful and I LOVE the rosettes! I so hope they carry over... I use them all the time. However, I'm a little lazy and color mine with write markers. They come out perfect and it's soooooooo fast! hugs.
Posted by: diane oliver | March 15, 2011 at 11:44 AM
So lovely Gretchen!! Thanks for the idea to dye the flowers. Blessings!
Posted by: joyfuljan | March 15, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Thank you for the idea to use ink refill than markers.
Posted by: Rebecca | March 15, 2011 at 07:54 PM
I am so glad to see this tutorial. I saw one earlier and we were talking about dying the rosettes and couldn't find it. Gorgeous card. Thanks for blessing my day. :)
Posted by: ShariW | March 15, 2011 at 08:36 PM
Well, you have done it again. This is so pretty. TFS
Posted by: Sarah Miller | March 15, 2011 at 08:50 PM
Very pretty card. Love all the details and the colored rosettes. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: JoAnn Burnham | March 15, 2011 at 10:04 PM
How beautiful!!! love how you dyed them to match...you rock girl! i hope you dont mind isometimes post some of my artwork i make from your idea's on my blog but i always give you credit for the idea;s.
http://artfulcreations1.blogspot.com
Posted by: veronica Petracchi | March 16, 2011 at 07:47 AM
Love this card. I actually own this stamp set (can't believe it) so am going
to give this a whirl. I don't have the flowers, so I guess I'll be ordering them!
Not sure that mine will work out as lovely as yours, but here goes.
Thanks for the ideas and giving me a goal!
Posted by: Jennifer Reynard | March 16, 2011 at 01:29 PM
Absolutely Stunning Gretchen!!! Nice Job and Thanks for sharing ;)
Posted by: Brandy Cox | March 16, 2011 at 08:13 PM